Dislodging-tool.



0. N. TEVANDER.

'DISLODGING TOOL.

I APPLICATION FILED APR- 14. I915.

Patented May 22, 1917.

, (WM/ W 1 a OLOF N. TFVANDEB, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DISLODGINGTOOL.

Application filed April 14, 1915. Serial No. 21,394.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OLOF N. TEVANDER, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of (00k and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Dislodging-Tools, of Which the following is a full, clear, concise,

and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to dislodging tools and is of particular service when employed in the process of removing closures from the mouths of bottles, though the invention is not to be limited to this purpose.

The tool of my invention is in the nature of a modified fork of bifurcated formation. The branches of the fork are deflected with respect to each other so as substantially to be disposed in angular planes, each branch of the fork also desirably being angular to the stem of the fork. At least one of the fork branches is desirably of hook formation as is most preferably the case with both fork branches.

I will explain my invention more fully by reference to the accompanying drawing showing the preferred embodiment thereof and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a dislod ing tool constructed in accordance with t e invention; Fig. 2 is an edge view of the tool shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a front View; Fig. 4.- is a perspective view illustrating the dislodging tool as applied to a metal cap; Fig. 5 is a view illustrating the tool applied to a closure fastenin ring; Fig. 6 is a view illustrating the too applied to a paper disk closure; and Fig. 7 is a sectional plan view of a part of the structure illustrated in Fig. 5, more clearly showing the application of the dislodging tool to a closure fastening ring.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughout the different figures;

The handle or stem 1 of the fork may be of any suitable formation, the drawing showing this handle in the form of a thin fiat bar with tapering sides and having a hole 2 therein whereby the tool may be hung upon a nail. The fork has two branches or bifurcations 3, 4, of substantially equal length, each branch being desirably deflected with respect to the plane of the stem 1 for the sake of symmetry and ease of applica- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1917.

tion of the tool, though the invention is not to be thus restricted. The bifurcations are deflected in opposite directions so that one branch is upon one side of the general plane of the bifurcations and the other fork branch is upon the other side of such planep The spacing that intervenes between the forward ends of the fork branches is thus increased to facilitate access to the general spacing between the fork branches as illustrated most clearly in Fig. 3. One, and referably each, of the fork branches'is of h each hook having its end inturned toward the other. When the tool is naturally applied to the edge of the metal cap 5 (Fig. 4:) or to the hollow ring 6 that serves'to hold the cover 7 in place (Figs. 5 and 7) but slight twisting movement in a counter-clockwise direction Will serve forcibly to apply the ends of the fork branches to opposite sides of the object to be removed, the dew fiection of the fork branches in opposite directions with respect to the general plane of the fork reducing to a minimum the extent of the counter-clockwise twisting movement which is required to effect the forcible engagement of the hooks with such object.-

Although the fork branches are preferably of hook formation inturned each toward the other, yet'the entrance to the spacing between the fork branches may not be materially smaller (Fig. 3) than any portion of such spacing if the tool is properly posi tioned with respect to the object to-be op-,

erated upon. Thus if the object to be removed is'of unusual diameter or thickness the tool may be so turned initially to brin the line. including the points of the for hooks as nearly at right angles to the object to enter the fork space as may be re quired to enable such entry.

In Fig. 6 one of the fork branches is shown as having penetrated the paper disk 8, a slight twisting movement being only required to enable the tool to twist the disk out of place. V 1

The fork baajn'ohes are preferably filed on a slant whereby the fork branches present longitudinal cutting edges 9 and 10 to en able the tool to exert cutting action upon the object to be removed as well as a twisting action, one cutting edge being on one side of the fork structure and the other cutting edge being on the other side of the fork structure.

00k formation,

Having" thus described: my invention I claim. as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent the following 1. A dislodging tool in. the form of a. fork:

having two branches which are oppositely deflected with respect to each other, each branch having a longitudinal cutting'edge, these cutting edges'being disposed: on opposite sides of the-tool.

2. A dislodging tool in the'form of'a fork having two branches which are oppositely deflected with respect to each other, each branch having a. longitudinal cutting edge, these cutting edges being disposed on opposite sides of the tool, one of" these branches being in the form of a hook inturned to- Ward'the other branch.

3. A dislodging tool in the form of a fork having two branches which are oppositely deflected with respect to each other, each branch having a longitudinal cutting'edge, these cutting edges being disposed on opposite sides of the tool, each of these branches form of a hook inturned toward the other branch.

5. A dislodging tool in the form of a fork having two branches, each branch having a longitudinal cutting edge, these cutting edges being disposed on opposite sides of the tool, each of these branches being in the form of a hook inturned toward the other branch.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this sixteenth day of March, A. D., 1915.

OLOF N. TEVANDER.

Witnesses:

G. L. CRAGG, E'I'IA L. VHITE! 

